Baghdad is Falling!

Self | 04/05/2003 | Self

[Marie Antoinette]

Hanging tough here so far with my (fourth) cup of tea. The thought of facing 6 hungry kids in about 5 hours has me wavering.

The big question: when do I switch to high octane coffee?

[Howlin]

Palestine Hotel
Street 47, Mahallat 102, Baghdad.

[Howlin]

I'm sinking into my chair......LOL. That being said, I do NOT have five kids getting ready to wake up, so I'm feeling pretty good!

[thasea]

five kids getting ready to wake up

Hats off to you...

Getting anoher cup of caffiene(?) here...
only 2 1/2 hrs to go...

[Howlin]

I'm going right for the chocolate! I may snort some cocoa!

[Marie Antoinette]

I've been chasing down the MSNBC feed on the web, there's some telescope/science/sun thing on. WISH I had cable tonight! But then I would be asleep on the couch. LOL

I'm afraid to miss anything important!

[Howlin]

We're all watching the CBS cam......it's the only one really up now.

But here are so more:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/883579/posts?page=2841#2841

[Marie Antoinette]

Well, there are 6 munchkins, wouldn't want to leave one out.

Holy moly! I hear lotsa thunder in Baghdad :-)

Afraid I'm not brave enough to take on pure cocoa! You're hard core, woman!

[bonfire]

http://wwitv.com/portal.htm

Go to right column. Click on Baghdad camera 4. Much better view.

[Cool Guy]

Was about to head to bed and saw this thread. Now I am in front of TV with FR here. Cannot go to sleep when History is being made :)

[bonfire]

Sorry, they just switched to this Iraqi dude.

[thasea]

MSNBC-Saeed al-Sahaf is live

[thasea]

sheese....CNN is carrying it now

[thasea]

who is in the white car convoy on CNN?

[Hazzardgate]

Wow......just wow.

He brings new meaning to the word 'denial'

[Howlin]

It's your part of the war -- at least that's what I tell myself!

[Marie Antoinette]

Thanks, checking out some of them.

Here's a link to the Freerepublic Feedroom that smith288 put together: http://www.ejsmithweb.com/fr/allmedia_v2.asp

[leadpenny]

Morning Howlin. Heck of a week for me and went to bed early. Have caught the last hour and a half of MSNBC. No way I can go back to sleep now.

It's almost as if I feel guilty sleeping when I think of what the troops and their families are going through.

Tell ya what this reminds me of - - 1975. The US Combat Forces had long since left Nam and the NVA rolled from the DMZ into the Presidential Palace in Saigon in a matter of days. The South Vietnamiese Army basically just threw their weapons down. At the time, I was in the Armor Officer's Advanced Course at Fort Knox and couldn't wait to get home to catch the latest news each evening. Like now, I can't take my eyes off of what is happening.

I do think many underestimate MSNBC. From the Wall of photos they have been building to the military experts, they fill my needs. LTG Bernard Trainor is always on early to give his sober analysis; Colonel Ken Allard, former head of the National War College is brilliant; Colonel Jack Jacoby earned the MOH as an Infantry Lieutenant in Nam, and there are others. I guess whatever "floats your boat" as far as the 24/7 Cables go, is what matters. That there is competition, makes it better.

[thasea]

You got that right. Like their in another dimension....

[Cool Guy]

Soldiers of the "keyboard" brigade :)